Health Policy

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• CBT in the British NHS: Vague imposition or imposition of vagueness?

  
  Lancashire Care Library and Information Service — Authority: 145
  CBT in the British NHS: Vague imposition or imposition of vagueness?  European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling, Volume 11 Issue 3 September 2009 , pages 323 – 339 David Pilgrim – School of Social Work, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR1 2HE, UK Abstract: The ...
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• Swine flus deadliest week

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  Thirty-one deaths is highest weekly number since outbreak began, although number of infections falls for third week in a row More people have died from swine flu in the past seven days than in any week since the outbreak began, the Department of Health revealed today. Thirty-one deaths associated with the H1N1 ...
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• Now is not the time for health cuts | Rachael Jolley

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 163
  The NHS spends millions on treating avoidable lifestyle diseases – any cut in public health budgets would be a false economy Neither the health secretary, Andy Burnham, nor any other senior politician should think cutting £50m from public health budgets is easy to sneak under the wire without the public noticing ...
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• Heroin users cost their families £10,000 a year, says report

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  The families of heroin and crack users lose an average of £9,741 each year due to theft, lost pay and clearing the users debts, according to research by the UK Drug Policy Commission Heroin and crack users are costing their families and partners more than £9,741 a year in lost pay, theft and financial support, a ...
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• U.K. Government Moves to Bring Free Personal Care At Home to Those with the Highest Needs Regardless of Their Means

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 453
  The Bill that will help individuals with the highest care needs remain independent for longer, was introduced in the British Parliament today by Health Secretary Andy Burnham. The Personal Care at Home Bill will help around 400,000 people with the highest care needs. It guarantees free personal care for 280,000 ...
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• UPDATE: Details on “the plan” for Real Health Reform

  
  Real Health Reform — Authority: 118
  Here is a continuing update detailing, in greater depth, various points of “The Plan” designed to address the reasoning behind these ideas and the objections some have voiced. (1) All persons must have health insurance from the private sector or government sponsored plans. Many have objected to this as ...
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• Lindsay Lohan goes into Therapy

  
  Bitch Pleaz — Authority: 139
  Lilo’s troubles seem to be never ending!Lindsay Lohan is now under the care of a licensed professional. The often troubled actress is reportedy meeting with a therapist three times a week as part of plea deal to get rid of her pesky pop. Michael Lohan leaked nearly a dozen taped recordings of phone calls he’d [...]
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• Illegible Signatures Now Considered Medicare Fraud

  
  Better Health — Authority: 576
  How widespread is Medicare fraud ?  The government is now reporting Medicare fraud rates almost three times higher than previously accounted for, at 47 billion dollars this year.  How could Medicare Fraud triple in a year?  The answer is simple. In an effort to be more honest with data collecting, Obama ...
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• What Do Climate Change and Health Policy Scholarship Have in Common? Nothing, We Hope.

  
  John Goodman's Health Policy Blog — Authority: 529
  Stolen e-mail messages among some of the leading climatologists are deeply disturbing. Rather than reflect a desire to discover truth, they reflect a desire to use scholarship and journal articles to convince the public of the scientists’ predetermined points-of-view. Among the topics: How to present data to mislead ...
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• Some Reminders Related to Occupational Safety

  
  Alpena County And Beyond — Authority: 128
  Nowadays numerous companies feel that, by giving each employee some training in safety in the working environment, they are sufficiently prepared for a crisis. The reality is that, irrespective of the industry you’re in, training in health & safety regulatory affairs just is not enough. Equipping your workers, ...
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• Individual Health Insurance Plan

  
  fresh healthy body — Authority: 154
  Individual health insurance coverage can be acquired with some careful researching of many diverse companies that offer health insurance plans and policies and the cost of an individual health insurance plan will differ from one insurance provider to another. Normally these plans are for individuals that ...
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• Are Happy Facebook Pics Proof That You Aren’t Depressed?

  
  Discoblog — Authority: 581
  Consider this post to be your daily reminder to check your social network privacy settings–too much transparency could cost you your insurance benefits, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation : Nathalie Blanchard, a Granby resident, says she’s suffering from severe depression that has made it ...
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• A Useful Hint for You regarding Risk Assessments

  
  Zoogony — Authority: 130
  It’s belief in a lot of businesses that, by supplying their staff with basic instruction in workplace safety, they have got everything they require to cope with an emergency. The truth is however, an education in health & safety legislation and risk asessment just isn’t enough. You must provide your employees ...
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• Early detection decreases death rate from breast cancer

  
  Real Health Reform — Authority: 118
  The recent brouhaha created by the ill timed, ill worded, ill phrased (or is it just ill) report from the USPSTF (US Preventative Services Task Force) has stirred the pot to be sure.  We support individualized treatment of patients.  We applaud the tailoring of medical testing and procedures to individual needs and ...
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• Energy Efficiency plus Renewable Energy Better Choices than More Nuclear Power

  
  After Gutenberg — Authority: 493
  While it may be Chernobyl Zombie Season in Washington, D.C. , there is some question on the Left Coast as to the sanity in touting greater investment in nuclear power . And, when they start questioning your sanity in la-la land, well, let’s just say this is NAGS (Not A Good Sign), apocalyptically speaking . ...
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• Connecticut Hospitals Choose To Hide Medical Errors

  
  Better Health — Authority: 576
  There is a disturbing story in the Hartford Courant (via the WSJ Health Blog ) on how Connecticut state lawmakers have helped hospitals keep medical mistakes secret from the public.  It’s true: The legislature in 2002 ordered hospitals to disclose all serious patient injuries “associated with medical ...
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• What Doctors Are Doing To Compensate For Their Pay Cuts

  
  Better Health — Authority: 576
  Should there be a premium added to physician compensation for on-call coverage after hours, or are Medicare rates enough? This appears to be the central question between two competing hospitals in Longview, Texas where a $300,000 stipend was paid to a cardiology group by one hospital and not the other for ...
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• Campbeltown Grammar School raises £11,000 for Children in Need

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 489
  The news that Campbeltown Grammar School has raised the huge amount of £11,000 for the Children in Need appeal says a great deal for the generosity of the town and of the Kintyre area - which do not have their own troubles to seek.This is a school with around 500 pupils and, in a deep [...]
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• So You’re Looking for Some Pointers Pertaining to Employee Safety, Huh?

  
  Fuged — Authority: 131
  It’s felt in a significant amount of companies that, when all of their staff have adequate health & safety training , they now have everything they need to cope with a catastrophe. Realistically though, employees must have more than simply training in health & safety regulatory affairs. Equipping employees, ...
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• Health, Policy Experts Gather For 3-Day Conference On Family Planning

  
  Information on HPV — Authority: 147
  By offering family planning services to people seeking HIV/AIDS information and treatment, Africa’s population growth rate could be curbed by 2.5 percent, health experts said Monday during an international family health conference in Kampala, Uganda, Agence France-Presse reports (11/16). Source: Health, Policy ...
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